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Written by: Nicholas Bakalar

Narrated by: Kristi Burns

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An optimistic outlook may be good for your health. In 2004 and again in 2008, researchers used a well-validated questionnaire to rate 70,021 women on their optimism. The women were asked to indicate their degree of agreement with six statements (for example, “In uncertain times, I usually expect the best”). Researchers also collected information on educational and socioeconomic status, smoking, alcohol consumption, cancer, hypertension and other diseases and behavioral characteristics. The women’s average age was 70 at the start of the project.©2016 The New York Times News Service Division of The New York Times Company (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

Nicholas BakalarKristi BurnsThe New York Times

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